Private equity investor Tricor Pacific Capital Inc. has invested $40 million into Avision Young, taking a minority stake in the commercial real estate services company. Avision is based in Toronto. Tricor Pacific focuses on middle-market deals and has offices in Vancouver and Lake Forest, Ill.

Too bad they couldn’t name themselves something beginning with an “F.” Illinois and Vancouver-based private equity fund Tricor Pacific Partners will soon submit paperwork with regulators and begin fundraising for a fifth fund, peHUB has learned from multiple sources. The private equity firm’s fourth fund, a 2006 vintage $555 million vehicle, has begun seeing exits [...]

BFG Supply Company, the Ohio-based provider of turf, horticultural and lawn & garden supplied to retail centers, will acquire assets of Virginia-based Wetsel Inc., a similar company. BFG Supply Co. is a portfolio company of Tricor Pacific, the Chicago- and Vancouver-based private equity firm. Tricor invested from its fourth fund, which the PE firm closed with $555 million.

Tricor Pacific Capital Partners Fund IV, the Chicago- and Vancouver-based private equity firm, exited its provider of utility damage prevention services firm, Consolidated Utility Services, selling it to OMERS Private Equity. Specifics were not disclosed; Tricor acquired the company in 2007. The value created over the life of the CUS investment has resulted in an IRR of 28% and a cash-on-cash return of over 2.5x for Tricor’s investors.

Tricor Pacific Capital has completed its acquisition of FabPro Oriented Polymers LLC from Polymer Group Inc. (OTC BB: POLGE). No financial terms were disclosed. FabPro is a Kingman, Kan.-based maker of performance polymers and synthetic fibers for the agricultural, construction and commercial segments.

Tricor Pacific Capital has agreed to buy FabPro Oriented Polymers LLC from Polymer Group Inc. (OTC BB: POLGE). No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which is expected to close within the next 30 days. FabPro is a Kingman, Kan.-based maker of performance polymers and synthetic fibers for the agricultural, construction and commercial segments.